I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a k…

Robert Green Ingersoll
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I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1898). Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including His Letters on the Chinese God--Is Suicide a Sin?--The Right to One's Life--etc. Etc. Etc
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Jehovah was not a moral god. He had all the vices and he lacked all the virtues. He generally carried out all his threats, but he never faithfully kept a promise. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The … ▶
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Ignorance worships mystery; reason explains it; the one grovels, the other soars. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1874). The Gods, and Other Lectures, p.113

I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1898). Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including His Letters on the Chinese God--Is Suicide a Sin?--The Right to One's Life--etc. Etc. Etc

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